History of the Kurdish people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kurds are an Iranic ethnolinguistic group who have historically inhabited the mountainous areas to the south of Caucasus (Zagros and Taurus mountain ranges), a geographical area collectively refer...
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[Publisher's note: This section of World History Archives represents a geographic and ethnic rather than political region. Kurdistan is a plateau inhabited by Kurdish peoples that was absorbed after World War I ... The history in general of West Asia; The history of Iraq's policy toward the Kurds in Northern Iraq...
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A Washington Post report with background information about the Kurds. ... The Kurds have been subjugated by neighboring peoples for most of their history. In modern times, Kurds have tried to set up independent states in Iran, Iraq and Turkey, but their efforts have been crushed every time.
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The Kurds are people of Indo-European origin who live mainly in the mountains and uplands where Turkey, Iraq, and Iran meet, in an area known as "Kurdistan" for hundreds of years. ( see map) They have their own language, related to Persian but divided into two main dialect areas. ... THE KURDS IN HISTORY...
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Modern research traces the origin of the Kurds beyond the period of the Greeks. In the Kurds history, the 5000 years old Hurrian period is mentioned, which is the earliest documented period. The Hurrians spoke a language, related to modern Chechen.
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www.articleworld.org/History_of_the_Kurds
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1920 - Treaty of Sevres, which carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I, calls for the creation of a Kurdish state. But the plan collapses and the Kurds are split, mainly among Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.
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of California, 1990) and acknowledged expert on the Kurds, has produced a comprehensive, highly detailed history of the Kurds?the first in English of such depth?focusing primarily on the 19th century to the present.
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www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1850434166
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No Friends but the Mountains: The Tragic History of the Kurds (Hardcover) ... Search Books by subject:; Ethnohistory; Psychology; History - General History; History: World; History / Middle East / General; General; Ethnic relations; History; Kurds; Middle East; Social conditions;
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www.amazon.com/No-Friends-but-Mountains-History/dp/0195...
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They also have a uniquely blood-soaked recent history that has left many Kurds constantly worried of a repeat of past atrocities. Up to 180,000 Kurds were killed in Saddam Hussein’s genocidal Anfal campaign in 1988, which included chemical weapons, and stories of imprisonment and torture are rampant among Kurds.
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